CVE-2008-4958 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in gdrae version 0.1, allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. This is achieved through a symlink attack on the /tmp/gdrae/palabra temporary file. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:alejandro_garrido_mota:gdrae:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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